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Lafayette Public Library

Book Clubs: Mystery

Mystery Book Club

When: Third Tuesday of the month, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: West Regional Library
Ages: 18 & up

Upcoming Books:

Past Books:

2025:

  • October: Back to the Garden by Laurie King
  • November: The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
  • September: Down a Dark River by Karen Odden
  • August: Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
  • July: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
  • June: Death Under a Little Sky by Stig Abell
  • May: The Enigma of Room 622 by Joel Dicker
  • April: The Case of the Wandering Scholar by Kate Saunders
  • March: The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey
  • February: The Pledge by Freidrich Durrenmatt
  • January: How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

2024:

  • December: Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen by Vicky Delany 
  • November: The King's Justice by E.M. Powell 
  • October: The Distant Dead by Heather Young 
  • September: The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett 
  • August: No Strangers Here by Carlene O’Connor 
  • July: Death in Kashmir by M.M. Kaye 
  • June: A Bend of Light by Joy Jordan-Lake 
  • May: Murder in Chianti by Camilla Trinchieri
  • April: Killing Trail by Margaret Mizushima
  • March: Death at the Terminus by Edward Marston 
  • February: Peg and Rose Solve a Murder by Laurien Berenson 
  • January: The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh 

2023

  • December: The Twelve Deaths of Christmas by Marian Babson 
  • November: A Foreboding of Petrels by Steve Burrows 
  • October: The Alienist by Caleb Carr 
  • September: Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler 
  • August: The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji 
  • July: Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March 
  • June: The Last Policeman by Ben Winters 
  • May: The Maid by Nita Prose 
  • April: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin 
  • March: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 
  • February: The Royal Wulff Murders by Keith McCafferty 
  • January: The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex 

2022

  • December: A Maigret Christmas and Other Stories by George Simenon 
  • November: Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon 
  • October: Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson 
  • September: Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham 
  • August: A Test of Wills by Todd Charles 
  • July: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz 
  • June: Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger 
  • May: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths 
  • April: The Anatomist's Wife by Anna Lee Huber 
  • March: Cover Her Face by P.D. James 
  • February: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 
  • January: What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris 

2021

  • December: Murder in the Crooked House by Soji Shimada 
  • November: Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman 
  • October: Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose 
  • September: The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard 
  • August: The Black House by Peter May 
  • July: The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey 
  • June: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 
  • May: The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron 
  • April: Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart 
  • March: The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens 
  • February: The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan 
  • January: Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart 

2020

  • December: A Cajun Christmas Killing by Ellen Byron 
  • November: River of Darkness by Rennie Airth 
  • October: A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller 
  • September: Little Comfort by Edwin Hill 
  • August: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger 
  • July: Jar City by Arnaldur Inridason 
  • February: A Gentleman's Murder by Christopher Huang 
  • January: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 

2019

  • December: Rest You Merry by Charlotte MacLeod 
  • November: Headline Murder by Peter Bartram 
  • October: Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo 
  • September: Dissolution by C.J. Sansom 
  • August: Redemption Road by John Hart 
  • July: The Dry by Jane Harper 
  • June: Before the Fall by Noah Hawley 
  • May: The Last Detective by Peter Lovesey 
  • April: If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O by Sharyn McCrumb 
  • March: The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan 
  • February: Open Season by C.J. Box 
  • January: The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch 

2018

  • December: Twelve Drummers Drumming by C.C. Benison 
  • November: My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni 
  • October: A Share in Death by Deborah Crombie 
  • September: The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz 
  • August: The Strangler Vine by M.J. Carter 
  • July: Suspect by Robert Crais 
  • June: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear 
  • May: A Killing at Cotton Hill by Terry Shames 
  • April: The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz 
  • March: A Thief of Time by Tony Hillerman 
  • February: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware 
  • January: In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming